Houses by our Top 100 Interior Designers & Architects
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Joanna Plant’s west London house has been moulded by two decades of family life
When Joanna Plant and her husband Nick upsized into a semi-detached 1920s house in Acton Town, they were embarking on a decades-long journey to shape and adapt their comfortable family home
By Thomas Barrie
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An airy house on the coast of Cornwall gently beautified by Sims Hilditch
The team at Sims Hilditch have used natural materials and light colours to make a sanctuary of this seaside house
By Christabel Chubb
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A charming 17th-century farmhouse in the rolling hills of the South Downs
When Lucy Cunningham was called in to make sense of the higgledy-piggledy nature of this centuries-old Sussex farmhouse, she discovered a house full of charm that needed some clever tweaks to create a harmonious whole
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
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A lesson in elegant small space style at Daniel Slowik and Benedict Foley's Hackney flat
Having undergone several phases of renovation in the two decades since he first bought it, the flat Daniel Slowik shares with Benedict Foley is now a beguiling blend of comfort and luxury with the pair's signature wit and humour
By Virginia Clark
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Traditional architecture meets modern design in a Chelsea townhouse by Studio Peake
Looking to transform this Chelsea townhouse, the owners gave interior designer Sarah Peake carte blanche to introduce colour and pattern that would help bring the period details to life
By Ticky Hedley-Dent
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Veere Grenney brings Regency elegance and a touch of camp to a London pied-à-terre
It's rigorously designed, beautifully layered and completely comfortable: Veere Grenney shows why he's one of the greats
By David Nicholls
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Lonika Chande brings her hallmark flair for colour and pattern to a 19th-century Chelsea house
Interior designer Lonika Chande has created a charming pied-à-terre full of bold textiles and colours for a returning client
By Arabella Bowes
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Philip Hooper's Georgian house in Somerset, filled with his experiments in colour and pattern
For interior designer Philip Hooper, joint managing director of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, his own house in Somerset offered a rare opportunity for experimentation. Combining bold colour with personal treasures, he has created distinctively different but inviting interiors
By Virginia Clark
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Studio Peake brings a fresh spirit to this Arts & Crafts house in Surrey
With its low ceilings and dark beams, this Arts and Crafts house in Surrey was looking sad and neglected, until interior designer Sarah Peake brought a new, energetic spirit to its rooms using a bold palette and pretty prints
By Jennifer Goulding
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Design legend Nina Campbell's Chelsea home is a showcase for her very British brand of comfortable luxury
In her Chelsea home the designer Nina Campbell has unleashed her full arsenal of decorative trickery to make every corner of the house sing
By Emily Senior
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Salvesen Graham combine comfort and elegance in a Mayfair apartment
This top floor apartment exudes comfortable luxury whilst being a masterclass in elegant, skilful layering
By Ticky Hedley-Dent
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A handsome Provençal house strikingly rejuvenated by Lucy Hammond Giles
A gradual yet holistic transformation of the interior of this large, handsome property in the South of France at the hands of designer Lucy Hammond Giles proved so appealing that it evolved from being a holiday house into a much loved home, when its London-based owner decided to spend a year here with her family
By Elfreda Pownall
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Rita Konig has subtly enhanced the airy interiors of this Manhattan house
Finding a compromise between the minimalist tastes of its owner and her love of tactile fabrics and pattern, Rita Konig has subtly enhanced the airy interiors of this Manhattan house
By Lucie Young
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Rita Konig's design for Deborah Needleman's upstate New York cottage
Working with decorator—and longtime friend—Rita Konig, tastemaker Deborah Needleman takes the slow approach in crafting her house.
By Deborah Needleman
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Bryan O'Sullivan imbues a Notting Hill townhouse with imagination
Taking on the decoration of a nine-storey townhouse for clients based in America would faze some, but Bryan O'Sullivan and his studio saw it as a place to experiment with colour and work with a host of artisan makers to create something unique and full of character
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
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Two interior designers on their beautifully calm and pared-back Wiltshire farmhouse
Involving an ambitious restoration project and a reconfiguring of the layout, James Thurstan Waterworth and Scarlett Supple’s transformation of a Wiltshire farmhouse has resulted in a calm, pared-back interior defined by James’s eclectic antique finds
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
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An imaginatively eclectic yet eminently practical London house by Rachel Chudley
This east London terrace is the perfect illustration of interior designer Rachel Chudley’s ability to create a narrative that carries through every room. Here, this is inspired by the owner’s rich heritage, with Austrian finds and family heirlooms setting the tone for imaginatively eclectic yet eminently practical interiors
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
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An 18th-century dairy on the Dorset coast becomes an enchanting weekend retreat
Henriette von Stockhausen of VSP Interiors has taken a less-is-more approach to this country house by the sea, reflecting the owners' desire to live a simpler life
By Virginia Clark
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A handsome Grade II-listed Regency house on the Norfolk coast reimagined by Veere Grenney
Though on the Norfolk coast, this handsome Regency house wears its beach credentials lightly, thanks to designer Veere Grenney, whose masterful mix of practical and decorative elements has created an elegant, liveable interior
By David Nicholls
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Playfulness and practicality mingle in a London house by Lucy Hammond Giles
Decorative details have been cleverly combined with practical elements by interior designer Lucy Hammond Giles, of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, to transform a classic Victorian house in west London into a pleasingly distinctive but eminently comfortable family home
By David Nicholls